Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-09-10

1 Of mist gathered round nm, an IL kep gettin thicker an thicker, an closter an closter round him, till it hid the bones, an was just the shape of man, an when finished, there, sir, right be- fore my eyes an no mistake, was "Nosey Jim" Here the narrator paused, to again light his pipe, and one of his aud tors took this opportunity to sarcastically enquire if he .did'tn have a demijohn along.
 Treating the questioner with contempt, he resumed the thread of his story.
 lay there, just paralysed with fear and surprise, an he just walked up to me and sez; Reub, I've come to do you that favor, as I promised; get up an, fol low me. We'll, got up then, not feel | ing scared like I was before, an he struck of up the gulch an followed him.
 Somehow I never thought about talk ing to him, as I follow ed oh close behind, | an he never spoke word to me.
 Pretty soon, the guleh led us into the mouth of a. deep canyon, with high bluffs on each side, an rocky an trough in the bottom. But he glided over the benches slow an easy like, an making no noise at all, while I tumbled along behind, scratching myself, all over, an making devil of a racket.
 After while, he turned up side ra- | vine an that brought us up into kind J of little flat of limestone formation, an he walked over to where there was a lit tie hole dug, an some ore piled up on the side of it. Then lie grabbed holt of 8 rusty old pick that was laying there, an | q int, ha ho1 1 r1n of ore, an handed it to me without say ing word.
 looked at it, an could see it was aw- ful rich truck. Then he got out of the hole, an held out his hand, as if he wanted to say good bye, al' I took it.
 He held my hand that way for little
 while, lookin' at me kind O sorrowful
 like, an then he sez, pointing down the canyon, ''Reub, I was killed by the Apaches; bury my bones, wont you old
 pardf'
 promised to do it, and then he start
 ed to grip my hand,-an jewhillikins
 how he gripped! It hurt me so jus
 yelled, an struggled around to get loos, an all to onct everything was changed : an there I was laying on my back, an that gol darned burro was right over me chewing on the four sack I had unde my head for a piller, an one of his for' feet sot square down on my right hand.
 As soon as I awoke up an yelled, tn t burro run of, an booked of towar' the skull, but it was SO dark, l coul hardly make it cut; but it seemed to me
 that I heard something chuckle dow Il that way.
 l, That dream-if it was a dream mad
 me feel so nervous, I just covered m
 head up with the blankets, an dassen loak --.--.-=...,L;xyh.. - that alarmed -hurr sw6uio come poking around through u, JI night, I'd f1raaagine it was the skeleto 3 an have dose of chills right then an
 there.
 Z We'll. mornin come at last, au't yo
 bet, didn't get up till the sun was shir c ing good and bright.
 IS Then, after I'd cooked an ct break D fast, went down an buried them tons
 as I'd promised ''Nosey" I would, in m > dream, or vision, call it what you pleas' B. Havirg done that, I struck off up tt
 gulch, an went over the same ground r 't been over " th Nosey. g. I found the hole, an the rusty picl m but no tracks, nor could I see whel l. "Nosey" had been picking, when h. handed me that chunk of ore Ever
 thing looked as though it had'tn bee Id touched for ten years. le I guess you fellows don't believe
 spirits, an i didtn onc't-but now sin ] I struck it rich, an got the world by or but here he was interrupted by the cl; n Id ing of the circular saw that does duty
 a gong, at the boarding house across u h. way, and-and l left.
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